Combined separator and bagging device for grain.



I \To.'820,867. PATENTED MAY 15, 1906. T. c. HENNINGBR. COMBINEDSEPARATOR AND BAGGING DEVICE FOR GRAIN.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 20, 1905.

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ATTORNEYS STATES PATEN OFFT@.

THOMAS c. HENNINGER, or MARKHAM, TEXAS.

COMBINED SEPARATOR AND BAGGING DEVICE FOR GRAIN- Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented May 15, 1906.

Application filed May 20, 1905. Serial No. 261,346-

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS C. HENNIN- GER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Markham, in the county of Mata gorda and Stateof Texas, have invented. new and useful Improvements in a CombinedSeparator and Bagging Device for Grain, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to combined separators and loading devices forgrain; and it consists, substantially, in the details of constructionand combinations of parts hereinafter more particularly described.

One of the principal objects of the invention is to provide anattachment for threshing-machines through the medium of which grain orother cereals may be taken directly from the machine and the lighter orinferior particles separated therefrom and the heavier or superiorparticles thereof delivered. or loaded into bags or other receptaclestherefor.

A further object is to provide an attachment for threshing-1nachinesthrough the medium of which the grain or other cereals may be takendirectly from the machine and the lighter or inferior particlesseparated therefrom and either or both the said particles and theheavier or superior particles thereof delivered into bags or otherreceptacles therefor.

A still further object is to provide an attachment of the characterreferred to which is simple in construction and thoroughly ef' fectiveand reliable in operation, besides being readily applied and controlledand possessing the capacity for long and repeated service.

The above and additional objects are attained by means substantiallysuch as are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which similarcharacters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both thefigures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, on the line 1 1 of Fig.2 of a combined separator and loading device for grain embodying myimprovements; and Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof.

Before proceeding with a more detailed description it may be here statedthat in. the form of my improvements herein shown I employ a suitableelevator onto which the grain to be separated and bagged or loaded maybe taken directly from the threshing machine with which the attachmentor structure of my improvements may be associated in any preferred way.Leading downwardly from the upper end of the housing for the elevator,at one side thereof, is a discharge spout or trunk of special embodimentthrough which the heavier or superior particles of grain areprecipitated by gravity and delivered to bags or other receiverstherefor, and mounted upon the upper end of said. hous ing is a fan andcasing therefor, the latter having special means of communication withthe aforesaid discharge spout or trunk by which a suction of air may beproduced in the latter in an upward direction. The lighter or inferiorparticles of grain are carried into and through the fan-casing, fromwhich they may be discharged in any suitable way, special means beingpreferably em ployed, however, whereby such particles may also beprecipitated and delivered .into bags or other receivers therefor.

The elevator and fan may each be operated in any suitable way and fromany suitable source, and while I have herein represented my improvementsin a certain preferred embodiment it will be understood, of course, thatI do not limit myself thereto in precise detail, since immaterialchanges therein may be made coming within the scope of my 1nvention.

Reference being had to the drawings and designating characters thereon,1 represents 111 entirety an elevator structure whlch may be applied ormounted in any suitable way upon an ordinary threshing machine forgrain, (not shown) said structure embodying a housing 2, between thesides of which, at the lower and upper ends thereof, respectively, areshafts 3 and 4, the latter carrying a sprocket-wheel 5 and the former asprocketwheel 6, said sprocket-wheels being connected by asprocket-chain 7, (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1,) having securedthereto at proper intervals buckets or lifting-blades 8, said chains andbuckets constituting the elevator proper for the grain.

Suitably connected to the upper end of the housing 2, at one sidethereof and communieating therewith, is a hollow or tubular member 9,having at the lower extremity thereof an extension 10, to which iscoupled or fitted the upper end. of a (:lownwardly-extending spout ortrunk 11, preferably provided at the lower end thereof with duplicatebranches or discharge-outlets 12, intermediate of which is pivotallysupported at 13 a rotatable valve (see dotted lines, Fig. 1) 14, theturning of which to one side or the other efiects the closing of one ofthe said branches or dis charge-outlets 12. and the opening of the otherto enable the grain to pass therefrom intoa bag (not shown) or any othersuitable receiver.

At a suitable point thereof the said spout or trunk 11 is provided withan air-inlet 15, having a flap or other form of closing-valve 16, itbeing noted that thespout or trunk 11 is extended away from the elevatorat somewhat of an inclination in order to enablebagging or loading ofthe grain to be carried out without inconvenience or obstruction by theelevator structure per se. Mounted upon the housing 20f said elevatorstructure at 17 is a fan-casing 18, having therein a rotatable fan 19,one of the outer ends of the shaft 20 of which is provided with a pulley21, connecting with a similar pulley 22 on the corresponding end of theshaft 4 of the elevator by means of a twisted motion-transmitting belt23, the other end of said shaft 20 having thereon a pulley 24,with'which is connected a driving-belt 25, which may be operated fromany suitable source of power for imparting motion to both the said fanand the elevator. Communicating at 26 with the opening in one side ofthe fan-casing is one end of a curved conduit or trunk 27, the other endof which is connected or coupled at 28 to the upper end of the hollow ortubular member 9, thus completing the structure by which the grain orother cereals may be separated, the upper part of said conduit or trunk26 be ing formed'with an air-inlet 29, closed by a suitable valve 30, asshown. The fan-casing 18 might only be provided with an ordinary outletfor the lighter or inferior particles of grain; but preferably I employa discharge spout or trunk 31, leading downwardly therefrom at 32,preferably on the side of the elevator structure opposite to that onwhich the discharge spout or trunk 11 is located. This second dischargespout or trunk is also preferably provided at the lower end thereof withduplicate branches or discharge-outlets 33, either of which may beclosed at will byan inner valve 34, (see dotted lines, Fig. 1,) whilethe other remains open.

From the foregoing it will be seen that by properly mounting the entirestructure upon a threshing-machine the grain may be taken directly fromthe latter upon the buckets or lifting-blades of the elevator andcarried to the upper end of the housing for the-latter,

where it is discharged into th e hollow or-tubular member 9 andsubjected to the action of a strong suction of air produced upwardlythrough the spout or trunk 11 by the fan 20, thence through the hollowtubular member 9, and finally to and through the fan-casing by way ofthe conduit or trunk 27 it being understoodthat while the fan isoperating in the casing the valve 16 of the spout or trunk is opened anextent sufficient to supply air to the interior of the said spout ortrunk 11. As the grain is discharged from the upper end of the elevatorinto the said hollow tubular member 9 it encounters strong suction orupward currents of air, thereby having the lighter or inferior particlesthereof carried upwardly through the conduit or trunk 27 to 'and thrbughthe fan-casing 18, While the heavier or superior particles of grain willfall or gravitate through the spout or trunk 11 and be dischargedthrough one or the other of the-branches or outlets 12, as will beapparent, said heavier or superior particles of the grain being receivedby bags or other receptacles (not shown) therefor which. may be suitablysupported beneath or temporarily attached to one or both of saidbranchesor discharge-outlets. The lighter or inferior particles of graincarried upwardly and outwardly through the fan casing may be deliveredat any desired place from the fancasing; but preferably these particlesare similarly delivered to bags or other receptacles (not shown)therefor, through the aforesaid branches or discharge-outlets 33, viathe spout or trunk 31 leading therefrom and connecting with saidfan-casing in the manner hereinbefore set forth. It. is thought that theconstruction and operation of my improvements will be thoroughly un-'derstood, and it should be mentioned that by the proper regulation ofthe valve 30, closing the air-inlet 29 to the trunk 27, the force of thesuction or currents of air passing upwardly in the manner set forth maybe regulated in such manner as to render the operation of separation ofthe grain thoroughly effective and complete. As before stated, themotion imparted to the fanfrom the belt 25 is communicated to the uppersprocketwheel of the elevator, both of such elements being therebyoperated from the same source of power.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. As an attachment for threshing-machines, acombined grain-separator and loading device comprising an elevator forthe grain, a downwardly-extending air-trunk into which the grain isdischarged at the upper end of the elevator, the same being providedwith a valve-controlled inlet for air and a. discharge-outlet for theheavier particles of grain, a fan and a casing therefor, means ofcommunication between the upper end of the air-trunk and fan-casing forthe passage of the lighter particles of grain to and through the latter,and a trunk communicat ing with the fan-casing and pendent therefrominto which the lighter particles of grain are received from thefan-casing.

2. As an attachment for threshing-machines, a combined grain-separatorand load ing device comprising an elevator for the grain, adownwardly-extending air-trunk into which the grain. is discharged atthe upper end of the elevator, the same being provided with avalve-contro1led inlet for air and a discharge-outlet for the heavierparticles of gram, a fan and a casing therefor, means of communicationbetween the up )er end of the air-trunk and fan-casing for t e passageof the lighter particles of grain to and through the latter, and a trunkcommunicating with the fan-casing and pendent therefrom into which thelighter particles of grain are received from the fan-casing, this trunkbeing provided at its lower end with a plural ity 0t valve-controlleddischarge-outlets from which the lighter particles of grain may bedelivered to a suitable receptacle therefor.

3. As an attachment for threshing-machines, a combined grain-separatorand loadingdevice comprising an elevator for the grain, a housing forthe elevator, a tubular member communicating with the upper end of thehousing, a pendent air-trunk connected at its upper end to the loweropen end of the said member and provided with a valve-controlledair-inlet thereto, a fan-casing' mounted upon the upper end of thehousing and containing a fan, a trunk forming communication between tneupper end Of the tubular member and tan-casing, said trunk beingprovided with an air-inlet having a controlling-valve, another trunkleading downwardly from the fan-casing and in communication therewith,and motion-transmit ting devices between said fan and elevator wherebythe two may be operated from the same source of power.

In testimony whereof I. have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS C. HENNINGER.

Witnesses:

B. F. STEVENS, H. AUSTIN PERRY.

